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Witnessing her mother’s abuse birthed idea to nurture teens

TEEN PREGNANCY

A DURBAN-based child and youth care practitioner has shared how growing up in a family environment with gender-based violence had robbed her of a chance to learn about sex from her mother. And nearly destroyed her future.

Zonke Shazi-Hlongwane, CEO of the non-governmental organisation Ikusasa Ngelami, grew up witnessing her father beating up her mother at their home in Inanda, north of Durban, from the age of 7.

“It was very hard, as my mother would be beaten to a point where she would not be able to care for me and my siblings,” she revealed.

Shazi-Hlongwane said at the time

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